2013–14 NIFL Championship
| Season | 2013–14 |
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2014–15 →
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| Champions | Institute |
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| Promoted | Institute |
| Relegated |
Coagh United Limavady United |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 661 (3.63 per match) |
| Biggest home win |
D. Celtic 6–1 Coagh Institute 6–1 Larne Dergview 5–0 Bangor Bangor 5–0 Coagh Bangor 6–1 Loughgall |
| Biggest away win |
Coagh 1–6 Carrick Dergview 0–5 Knockbreda Limavady 0–5 Institute Limavady 0–5 Carrick Coagh 1–6 Bangor D. Celtic 0–5 Institute D. Celtic 1–6 Ballyclare |
| Highest scoring |
Loughgall 5–5 Institute Loughgall 6–4 Ballyclare |
| Champions | Armagh City |
|---|---|
| Promoted |
Armagh City PSNI |
| Relegated |
Chimney Corner (resigned) Killymoon Rangers |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 877 (3.65 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Annagh United 9–1 Chimney Corner |
| Biggest away win |
Killymoon Rangers 0–7 Banbridge Town Glebe Rangers 1–8 PSNI |
| Highest scoring | Armagh City 9–2 Chimney Corner |
The 2013–14 NIFL Championship (known as the Belfast Telegraph Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season since its establishment after a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland. This was the first season that the league was operated by the Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL), which took over from the Irish Football Association (IFA) for the 2013–14 season onwards. The season began on 9 August 2013 and ended on 10 May 2014.
Institute won the Championship 1 title, winning promotion back to the top flight for the first time since the 2009–10 season. In the bottom two, Limavady United and Coagh United were relegated to Championship 2. Armagh City and PSNI replaced them in Championship 1, after finishing first and second in Championship 2. For the first time since the Championship was inaugurated in 2008, a club was relegated to regional football. Killymoon Rangers finished bottom of Championship 2 and were relegated to a regional division for the following season. Also leaving Championship 2 was Chimney Corner. In July 2014, the club announced that they would be resigning from the Championship to join the Ballymena & Provincial League for the following season.
Ards were last season's winners of Championship 1, achieving promotion to the 2013–14 NIFL Premiership.Lisburn Distillery replaced them for this season's Championship 1, after finishing in 12th place in the previous season's Premiership. Championship 1 runners-up Warrenpoint Town were also promoted, by defeating Donegal Celtic on the away goals rule after the promotion/relegation play-off ended 2–2 on aggregate.
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